SPECTATOR CROSSWORD No. 1,050

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1 Lullaby, perhaps, of a comedian? 30 (6-4) 6 Jack's the boy for the birds (4) 31 10 Evict that cat! (5) 32 11 What the railways do on holiday excursions ? (4-5) 12 Certain neckwear displayed by 1

sponsors (8) 2

13 You'll find it in your place ticket 3 (6) 15 'My spirit — in feathers then' 4 (Hood) (4) 16 Now's the time for cocaine (4) 5 17 Think of a number, take away 7 the first (6) 8 20 Here's comfort with a pound (5) 9 21 It stuck in Macbeth's throat (4) 22 One Frenchman in addition in the 14 compiler's armoury (4) 15 24 The careless shepherdess (2-4) 26 Where one might expect to see 18 Nap get on (8)

DOWN Ice-bound goblins? (5) Ruffled raven in broken rest (9) 'When I am grown to man's ' (Stevenson) (6) A silent pen, active at intervals (10) Its alternative is nothing (4) Stop for an immensity of time (5) Sincere, us? Not in these! (9) Haughty aspect of the highway- man's victim? (5-2) See Western for tips (10) A charge for lodging, however, seems to be implied (4-5) Not the type to appeal to leftish intellectuals! (9)

A large bee in flight, charming! (9) 19 `— there was none to see' (Housman) (5) 23 Rush by Charles Lamb's dog (4) 25 William Dorrit was its father (l0) 27 A first prize of a copy of Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary and a second prize of a book token for one guinea will he awarded to the senders of the first two correct solutions opened on August 25. Address solutions: Crossword No. 1,050, 99 Gower St., London, m WC1. -

Chabers's Twentieth Century Dictionary is recommended for Crosswords.

Solution on August 28

He might be above himself travelling at night (7)

The Scarlet Letter, for example (6) Capital judge of beauty (5) Where Hercules got his mantle (5) Ancient witchcraft—obsolete, in fuel (4) 28

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